Pick up at 5.30am in your hotel and transfer to the trek point
at Sembalun Village about 3 hours drive. Register at the Rinjani
Information Centre (RIC) in Sembalun Lawang, meet your Mountain
guide and porters than the trek start with gentle ascent walking
through open grassland to Pos 1 Pemantauan (1,300m), rest and
enjoy the summit views of Mt. Rinjani from here. After rest onto
Pos 2 Tengengean (1,500 m) about 1 hour walk up from Pos 1
Pemantuan than on another 1,5 hours to Pos 3 Pada Balong (1,800
m), reach this point around 1 pm. Rest and Lunch

After lunch continue the trek up to Sembalun Crater Rim
(2,639m), this is the 3,5 hours climb amidst the pine-like
Casuarinas species locally known as Cemara, perhaps seeing
evidence of wild pigs and the long-tailed grey macaque monkeys
along the trek to the camp site at Plawangan Sembalun (Sembalun
crater rim 2,639 m).
Reach the camp site around 5pm, set up the tent and enjoy the
views of the crater rim.
Dinner served at the camp site, rest and preparing your self to
early wake up for the trek to the Summit on the following day.

Wake up early morning and start the trek at 03:00 AM to the
summit (3,726 m), a hard trek trail on volcanic screens, some
part are steep and loose sands. It takes around 3 hours to reach
the summit. Once there, enjoy proud feelings of satisfaction and
the amazing sunrise views across the Wallace Line to Bali, Mt.
Agung and Sumbawa. Stay at the summit 30 minutes to 1 hour to
enjoy the views around and than going down to the campsite
Sembalun crater rim through same route.

After breakfast, proceed to go down to the lake (Segara Anak
Lake, 2000m). It takes two to three hours walk down through the
steep trail to the crater’s lake. Enjoy the lake, swimming and
exploring the pilgrimage hot springs, believed to have healing
powers, while your porters preparing for your lunch. After lunch
break, leave the lake and trek up to Plawangan Senaru (Senaru
Crater Rim 2,461 m) it takes 2 – 3 hours trek up to camp site..
Set up the tent and enjoy the views around and the lake from the
other side, relax, explore and await the sunset. If the wind is
cold, you may prefer to descend one hour to Cemara Lima and camp
in the more sheltered forest.

Day 3. Senaru Crater Rim – Senaru
Village – Senggigi/Airport

After breakfast, descend down the long trail to Senaru
village (601 m), through thick tropical forests rich in flora,
bird life and a variety of butterflies. You might see orchid
and, if lucky, the rare black ebony leaf monkey, known locally
as lutung. Rest stop are taken along the way. Lunch served en
route.

After seven hours walk from the rim, the trek ends at Rinjani
Trek Center at the road head in Senaru, where the car is waiting
to transfer you to the airport or Senggigi. End of program.